The remaining Manchu troops and horses remaining in Liaodong were being gradually transferred into the pass. Not only that, in order to raise troops for the large-scale southern expedition, Dorgon also ordered to exhaust the Sauron forces in Heilongjiang and transfer all the armored men outside the pass to Beijing to obey orders.
"The snowflakes from Yanshan Mountain are as big as mats, and they blow down from Xuanyuan Terrace."
Li Cheng, the prince of Joseon who was a hostage in the Qing army, looked at the Hulu army pouring into the inland from outside the Great Wall. His mood was complicated and subtle. He stretched out his hand and caught the gray-white snowflakes falling from the sky, and thought of
After the two chaos that North Korea had experienced, and thinking of the powerful front of the Eight Banners Army, I finally couldn't help but sigh.
The area around the capital was under the firm control of the Qing army, and the implementation of the hair-shaving order was most effective. The few civilians who dared to resist have all become skeletons under the swords and guns of the Manchurians.
To the south of the Yanshan Great Wall, there is a flat river, and a series of lead-yellow cottages surround the land that has been solid for thousands of years, accompanied by the smoke and dust of the Qing army's horses rolling southward.
The crown prince of Joseon, Li Cheng, served as a hostage to the Qing court for nearly ten years. He witnessed firsthand the process of the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qing Dynasty. He accumulated experience in getting along with the Qing court and was well aware of the power of the Eight Banners Army.
Li Cheng has been dating Dorgon for many years, and the two have a very deep relationship. He is well aware of Dorgon's talents and strategies, so he basically concludes that the remaining forces of the Ming Dynasty will never be the opponent of the regent. Regarding the pro-Ming faction in North Korea,
Li Cheng also scoffed at the small anti-Qing actions.
He and his younger brother Fenglin Grand Prince Li Hao were both in Beijing as hostages. However, Fenglin Grand Prince Li Hao belonged to the pro-Ming faction and had a bad relationship with the Donglu. Li Cheng did not care about this.
This time, the regent transferred all the troops outside the Pass to Beijing to launch a large-scale southern expedition. The Qing court was therefore worried that Liaodong was empty. If North Korea launched an attack, it would jeopardize the southern expedition.
Therefore, Dorgon already had the idea of ​​returning the crown prince Li Cheng to North Korea. The regent obviously hoped to send Li Cheng, who had a personal relationship with him, to take control of North Korea, so as to eliminate the worries of the Qing army's southern expedition.
After Li Cheng arrived near the Yanshan Great Wall, he circled around the winding ridge of the Great Wall. As expected, the mountains and valleys were deep, and the misty clouds were as low as silk. The Great Wall spiraled steeply along the ridge from west to east, enclosing the city of Yanjing like a cage.
Yanshi. The mountains are high up, and the grooves of the city are like turtles. Looking south, it suddenly occurred to me:
The majesty of the Great Wall cannot stop the cavalry of the Eight Banners. How can the bandits relying on the Yellow River withstand the regent's attack?
He stood on the mountain ridge, at the foot of the mountain, in the mountain road, and on the Great Wall's running path, all of which were filled with "Huqi." Those armored men with braided hair came all the way from Liaodong and even the more distant Lingbei.
, carrying the air of dusty frost and snow outside the pass, passing through from north to south fiercely.
The cavalry horses of the brigade kept neighing, and the Eight Banners soldiers took small steps forward while tapping their shields and armor with their swords and guns, making a harsh metal scream.
The mountains are winding, and the Great Wall, as black as a snake, rolls into the air and stretches into the distance. It stands majestic, deep and solid, reflecting the so-called "Huqi" passing by at the foot of the mountain, forming an epic scene that makes Li Cheng feel excited.
roll.
He said to his brother Fenglin Lord Li Hao: "The land of Youzhou is surrounded by the sea on the left, Taihang on the right, Juyong in the north, and Heji in the south. This is the royal house of the emperor. Prince Rui captured Youzhou and replaced it with Zhao.
Having achieved a dominant position in the Central Plains, I think it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to revive, and it is obviously expected that the Qing court will conquer the world."
Li Hao, the great king of Fenglin, felt deeply unhappy when he saw the prince's expression of being obsessed with Dorgon's hegemony. He stabbed and said:
"It is a pity that there is no surplus grain in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Although we are hostages, we are state guests after all, especially the elder brother. As a personal friend of the regent, we can only use the rotten old rice in the Tongzhou warehouse.
The food shortage in Yanjing has reached this point. Although the regent has the royal family, he does not have the qualifications of an emperor."
Li Cheng knew that his younger brother Fenglin Maharaja Li Hao, like other Koreans operating in Beijing, were mostly pro-Ming faction. These people only had the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period in their minds, could not see the interests at all, and were still trying to revive the Ming Dynasty.
great cause.
Li Cheng asked: "Have you been in contact with Cui Xiaoyi recently?"
Choi Hyo-il was a native of Uiju, Korea, and his uncle followed the governor, Magui, to fight against the Japanese slaves in his early years. Choi Hyo-il was a martial artist, and served as the prisoner of Cao Zuoyang during the reign of Lord Gwanghae.
He was good friends with the famous Korean general Jin Yinghe who followed the Korean Marshal Jiang Hongli to attack Nurhachi. After the Korean soldiers were defeated by the Manchus in Sarhu, Jiang Hongli surrendered and Jin Yinghe died in the battle. After Cui Xiaoyi heard this, he joined the army and repeatedly fought against the Qing army.
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, when the Qing army entered Kou Yizhou, Cui Xiaoyi led the army to defeat the Qing army. He also joined forces with Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, on several occasions to fight against the Qing army's invasion of Korea.
Before the drastic changes in the Ming Dynasty, Cui Xiaoyi served as a counselor in Wu Sangui's army, liaising with North Korea for Guan Ning's army. After the drastic changes in the Ming Dynasty, the Donglu invaded Beijing, and Wu Sangui was willing to serve as a slave vanguard. In despair, Cui Xiaoyi wanted to go on a hunger strike to die for the Ming Dynasty.
death.
However, Dashun's Longyiwei relied on Li Jiantai, Chen Zilong, and Zhang Jiayu's connections in Beijing, and took advantage of the chaos of the hair-cutting order to develop many espionage agents. Cui Xiaoyi was also influenced by Longyiwei, and he knew a little about "Central Plains bandits"
"In the fight against the Qing army in Henan, due to various changes caused by news and rumors, Cui Xiaoyi actually thought that the Ming Dynasty could be restored with the help of bandits.
Therefore, he approached the brothers of the North Korean Crown Prince and wanted to persuade North Korea to send troops again to attack Dorgon with the Central Plains bandits from the north and the south. As a pro-Qing faction, Li Cheng, of course, immediately dismissed Cui Xiaoyi after learning about this, just because Cui Xiaoyi also
Li Cheng, a North Korean, was worried that the incident would implicate him, so he did not report the matter to Dorgon.
In fact, Li Hao, the prince of Fenglin, had private contacts with Choi Hyo-il and other Korean pro-Ming factions, but he remained mum and said only that he had "nothing to do with Choi Hyo-il."
Li Cheng shook his head repeatedly:
"Look, those are soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners Army. How can the small country of Korea compete with such formations and troops? The Manchurians are ferocious and good at fighting, and there is no one like them in the world. The regent is determined to set the Central Plains. This is destiny, not what we can do
resisting."
In the winter in Yanbei, snowflakes are falling all over the sky, and the westerly wind blows continuously on the exposed mountain walls, causing the branches of the vegetation to tremble like copper.
At the marching point of the ancient road, the army was moving southward in an endless stream. The millions of peaks in Hutian outside the Great Wall seemed to be trembling with the power of the regent at this time.
Part of the Luanhe River is not completely frozen, and the turbid river water is filled with broken ice, flowing from the vastness and flowing into the vastness. The water rises and falls wildly, like butterflies flying.
Li Hao, the great king of Fenglin, looked at the frozen river and the vast sea in the distance, completely disapproving of his brother's words. He believed that since Su Guansheng and other loyal ministers and righteous men of the Ming Dynasty fled south with the Jinliao Navy, the Qing army had no naval warships and it was difficult to fight.
will be very disadvantageous.
Whether crossing the Yellow River or crossing a canal, can the Donglu without a navy really be able to cross the natural chasm?
Fenglin Grand Lord Li Hao thought of the recent rumors in Beijing. Many rumors said that bandits from the Central Plains had proclaimed a descendant of the Ming Dynasty as emperor in Kaifeng. Can the national destiny of the Qing Dynasty last long?
However, Li Cheng had completely different ideas. Unlike his brother, he had a close personal relationship with the regent, so Li Cheng was able to learn some inside information about the secret activities of the Qing army.
The crown prince of Joseon, Li Cheng, knew that since the end of the Huolu War last year, and since Dorgon defeated Hauge and took sole control of the Qing government, the regent had not only issued an order to shave his hair, but had done nothing else.
In fact, during this period, Dorgon had sent several waves of envoys to the south to contact the Southern Ming forces and prepare to jointly attack the bandits.
How stupid it is to think about the pro-Ming Dynasty factions such as Lord Bonglin Li Hao and Choi Hyo-il!
They are actually still dreaming about the Ming Dynasty forming an alliance with the bandits to jointly attack the Qing army? Little did they know that due to the interests of distant relations and close attacks, the Southern Ming forces in the south of the Yangtze River were actually closer to the Qing court and more inclined to unite with the bandits to control the invaders!